The Regional Secretary for Health stated today that the work for the remodelling and expansion of the Emergency Services of Espírito Santo (HDES) represents "a commitment made by the Government of the Azores to the Azoreans," emphasising that the aim is to provide a "service of excellence".
 
Luís Cabral spoke on the sidelines of the presentation of the project. The government official said the work, with an estimated budget of 3.8 million Euros, should begin "by the end of the year." The expansion of the space intends to increase the response capacity so that it may comply with legislation that provides the follow up of patients assisted by emergency services.
 
"The project has been developed in order to safeguard this requirement, being in line with the legislation in force," the government official said, noting that the public tender was sent today for publication in the Official Journal.
 
Luís Cabral added that the Government awarded the contact work for the remodelling of the Emergency Services of Horta Hospital, taking into consideration this criterion. In the case of Terceira, the situation was addressed with the construction of a new hospital in 2012.
 
"This will be the contribution of this term to the fully application of the legislation," the Regional Secretary said, adding that the remodelling of emergency services ensures that the situation will be "properly safeguarded."
 
 The intervention to remodel and expand the existing Emergency Services of Espírito Santo Hospital will significantly improve the conditions of this infrastructure in the provision of emergency health care.
 
In addition to being mainly focused on patients, this intervention creates better conditions for a qualitative increase in the involvement and motivation of technical teams, through the adaptation of various functional areas of service and the creation of more suitable spaces and better working conditions.
 
This improvement in quality is visible in the adaptation of the existing service to the recommendations of good practices in medical emergency, children's emergency and adult emergency.
 
In addition to these assumptions, common areas will have a much higher response capacity in the event of a disaster situation, with the conversion of common waiting areas into treatment rooms.